The film is out of the running due to a “conflict of interest” among the selection committee.
The producer of Hong Kong film A Light Never Goes Out has spoken out following the disqualification of the feature from the 2024 Oscars race.
The drama was submitted by the Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong for the international feature film category of the 96th Academy Awards in September. But when the Academy revealed the list of eligible titles last Thursday, A Light Never Goes Out was not included and the Federation is trying to figure out why.
Despite the outcome,...
The producer of Hong Kong film A Light Never Goes Out has spoken out following the disqualification of the feature from the 2024 Oscars race.
The drama was submitted by the Federation of Motion Film Producers of Hong Kong for the international feature film category of the 96th Academy Awards in September. But when the Academy revealed the list of eligible titles last Thursday, A Light Never Goes Out was not included and the Federation is trying to figure out why.
Despite the outcome,...
- 12/12/2023
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
NEW YORK -- IFC Entertainment is picking up the offbeat cop thriller Mad Detective from Hong Kong directors Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai.
Lau Ching-wan plays the title character, a loopy police inspector who solves cases by seeing a suspect's inner "ghosts." After a long absence from the force for mental-health reasons, he is brought back to track down a missing officer.
Detective premiered in September at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. To, who has directed dozens of films since the early 1980s, has seen some of his greatest successes with the recent gangster films Election, Triad Election and Exiled. He most recently teamed with co-director Wai on the 2003 film Running on Karma.
IFC will release Detective in theaters and via VOD through its First Take day-and-date program. An IFC spokesperson declined comment on the deal, which is now in final negotiations.
Friday's acquisition added to a high-profile week for IFC, which received four Spirit Award nominations (for Paranoid Park and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and a Gotham Award tribute for president Jonathan Sehring.
Lau Ching-wan plays the title character, a loopy police inspector who solves cases by seeing a suspect's inner "ghosts." After a long absence from the force for mental-health reasons, he is brought back to track down a missing officer.
Detective premiered in September at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. To, who has directed dozens of films since the early 1980s, has seen some of his greatest successes with the recent gangster films Election, Triad Election and Exiled. He most recently teamed with co-director Wai on the 2003 film Running on Karma.
IFC will release Detective in theaters and via VOD through its First Take day-and-date program. An IFC spokesperson declined comment on the deal, which is now in final negotiations.
Friday's acquisition added to a high-profile week for IFC, which received four Spirit Award nominations (for Paranoid Park and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days) and a Gotham Award tribute for president Jonathan Sehring.
- 12/3/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HONG KONG -- China Star's Running on Karma and Media Asia's Infernal Affairs II will slug it out for top honors at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards. Karma, directed by Johnnie To and Ka-fai Wai, goes into the final round of voting with 13 nominations, including best film and best director. Stars Andy Lau and Cecilia Cheung were nominated for best actor and best actress, respectively. Cheung was also nominated for her role in Tung-shing Yee's romantic drama Lost in Time. Cheung will be up against Kar-yan Lam (Floating Landscape), Carina Lau (Infernal Affairs II) and Sandra Ng Kwan Yue (Golden Chicken 2). Media Asia's Infernal Affairs II, the follow-up to 2002's boxoffice hit Infernal Affairs, received 12 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor for Francis Ng and best supporting actors for Man-chat To and Kai Chi Liu.
- 2/13/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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